"waitperson" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "wait + person",
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  "etymology_text": "From wait + person. Due to the use of waitress.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waitpersons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waitpeople",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
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          "source": "w"
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          "ref": "2003, Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Virago Press (2013), page 292:",
          "text": "He was reduced to flirting with waitpersons, and even they turned a cold shoulder.",
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        "A waiter or waitress."
      ],
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        [
          "waiter",
          "waiter"
        ],
        [
          "waitress",
          "waitress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nonstandard, rare) A waiter or waitress."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "common"
          ],
          "word": "server"
        },
        {
          "word": "waitron"
        }
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        "rare"
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  "word": "waitperson"
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        "2": "wait",
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      },
      "expansion": "wait + person",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From wait + person. Due to the use of waitress.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waitpersons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waitpeople",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
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          "ref": "2003, Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Virago Press (2013), page 292:",
          "text": "He was reduced to flirting with waitpersons, and even they turned a cold shoulder.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A waiter or waitress."
      ],
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        [
          "waiter",
          "waiter"
        ],
        [
          "waitress",
          "waitress"
        ]
      ],
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        "(nonstandard, rare) A waiter or waitress."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
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      "word": "server"
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    {
      "word": "waitron"
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